Tacoma, Wa I Have A Section 8 Voucher And The Landlord Is Charging More Than Set Forth In The Hap Agreement.

Location: Tacoma Washington I have a voucher through Tacoma housing authority. I lived in apartment for a year and when the time came to Renew the lease they sent me a renewal offer that would make my rental portion significantly less than if I allowed it default from month to month. I turned in the paperwork and subsequently they sent THA a request to increase rent. It was processed and the amount set forth in the HAP contract was the amount offered in the renewal letter. Well when the time came for the new amount to take effect they started charging me a month to month rate. Which is $500 more than the agreed upon amount. When I saw this I inquired with management and they basically told me they were allowed to do that. Well I wasn’t prepared to pay that much and fell behind. Resulting in repeated eviction notices. They were charging more than the agreed upon amount for every month. However, under protest I paid each eviction notice from June to September when I finally got caught up. I went in and paid an eviction notice from August before the deadline given. When I went in they tried to refuse payment saying the deadline had passed and they sent it over to the attorney. I told them they were wrong and check again and they checked and I was right and accepted the payment and then said they would remove my name from the attorneys list. Three days later I went in and finish paying off what I owed as well as an additional $600. Meaning at that point I should have had at least $600 credit for the month of October. Three days later, I got a knock on my door and was served court papers for the eviction notice that I had already paid. So the attorney went ahead and filed the case anyways and a court date was set for January. Early on I had gotten free legal aid. My legal counsel was in agreement that they were not within the legal limits to do what they were doing. For months, she attempted to contact the property management and they ignored her. She attempted to contact the landlord’s attorney, and they ignored her for quite some time. In January, she had gotten into contact with the landlord’s lawyer, and they agreed to cancel the lawsuit. I calculated a revised version of the rental ledger that I believe are the correct charges. We sent it over to their lawyer and requested it in order limiting dissemination. The landlord‘s lawyer reviewed it and denied request for order limiting dissemination and did not agree with the rental ledger so now I am having my lawyer request from the judge, the order limiting dissemination without the lawyers agreement because they were trying to file a lawsuit against me for an eviction notice that I paid within the deadline. According to my revised version of the ledger, I will have a credit balance for March in the amount of $66 based off what I believe is the proper charges and what I have paid their version is claiming that I owe like $7000. I stopped making payments since October because they sent me yet another bogus eviction notice with amounts that did not make sense. I have however, saved a few grand at least just in case. It’s a real shit show and it is keeping me from moving forward. I am wondering if they are allowed to charge more than the HAP contract set forth by THA and if so what laws justify their actions. Who is right and who is wrong and how should I handle this. Should I continue to fight it? Do they just want me out so they can lease the apartment at its full potential? Are they trying to hold out to see if I will fold? I’m just so worried about if I am the one being a jackass. Aren’t they acting in bad faith?